Two separate news articles came through this past week that underscores the challenges at the Department of Homeland Security. The first describes the
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee conducting a
series of hearings last week on the general topic of fraud, waste and abuse. During those hearings, they focused on
administrative oversight and, in particular, looked at
DHS contracts for the Coast Guard's Deep Water Program and their Secure Border Initiative.
Both programs use "system integrators" and have had problems with costs being higher that expected.
The comment of interest (to me) from this hearing is from the Comptroller General (the head of GAO), David Walker, who said
We ought to be able to pull the plug (for poor performance) and taxpayers shouldn't have to pay a dime
Certainly, DHS uses termination for default clauses. Perhaps they just need better contract administration.
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